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Mozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established

On 5 December 1791 Mozart died in Vienna. Later grave-myths are commemoration, not this death. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.

Mozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established
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On 5 December 1791 Mozart died in Vienna. Poison stories are not established. Later grave-myths are commemoration, not this death. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's documented role is: He died after a short illness. Unique forensic labels are not supplied; common grave later is commemoration weather, not a unique pauper-cartoon statute.

Context

Constanze and Süssmayr sit in the Requiem file. Sharing the death-room with unnamed physicians is required. The setting of Mozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established is the public file around 1791-12-05. Contribution type is direct. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Mozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established on 1791-12-05. Death after acute illness is a health path. Poison is not established. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.28 · verified

    He died after a short illness. Unique forensic labels are not supplied; common grave later is commemoration weather, not a unique pauper-cartoon statute.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactMozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established
    2. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 5 December 1791 · verified

    Death after acute illness is a health path. Poison is not established.

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.13 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Digital Mozart Edition — early tours neighbourhoodInternationale Stiftung Mozarteum · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Mozart, grand tourEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Mozart, death 1791 at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Digital Mozart Edition — death neighbourhood at https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum). Official carrier: Britannica — Mozart, death 1791 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Digital Mozart Edition — death neighbourhood (https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab); Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum).

Established: a sourced public record of Mozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established under 1791-12-05 for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Established: a sourced public record of Mozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established under 1791-12-05.

The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Mozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Mozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established. Naming Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1791-12-05 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2. contributed toFactMozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established
  3. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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Factrail. (2026). Mozart dies in Vienna on 5 December 1791; later poison stories are not established. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-death-1791

https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-death-1791

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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